Radioactivity 24: sets on the web

New promo mixes from Phil Kieran and Simon Baker, live sets from Misc, and fifteen progressive sets to download this week.

New promo mixes from Phil Kieran, Simon Baker, live sets from Misc, and fifteen progressive sets to download this week.

Miscellaneous Misc: Sender Records bass-noise power duo Misc have had a quiet year on the release front, but live they’re still a force to be reckoned with. The evidence is contained in this live set @ Kiosk, Lille from January, and when you’re done with that, move onto this set recorded live @ Nightmoves in Chicago in June 2006.

Deep, Down & Dirty: British up and comer Simon Baker [20:20 Vision, Infant, Deep, Down & Dirty] has a new promo mix out containing more than a few great tracks that might have slipped under your radar. Nicely mixed, nicely selected – file this man alongside Jamie Jones & Geddes as part of the new UK minimal house thing that’s threatening to burst at present. Tracklist in forum. [via bb.4four.org]

15 from 365: Dutch website 365Mag ran a competition last month of mix of the year from their Proton Radio show, which is usually only available as a stream for non-subscribers. The competition is already closed, but the website has kindly left up the candidates for download. Big names include Sander Kleinenberg, Nic Fanciulli, Desyn Masiello, Chris Fortier and Gabriel & Dresden but you can download all fifteen mixes here.

Studio 88: Couldn’t get enough Bodzin this week? Club Studio 88 in Aix-en-Provence have streaming sets from many of the artists who drop by, including a Bodzin vs. Romboy set from two weeks ago. Their mixes section runs pretty deep: There’s also recent South of France sets up by Guy Gerber, Tiefschwarz, Boys Noize, Claude Von Stroke and Thomas Schumacher to name a few. Sets are also available for download (at shockingly low quality).

Belfast Boy: With two twelves already under his belt since Christmas, 2007 looks like it’s going to be another bumper year for studio workhorse Phil Kieran. On the DJ side of things, Phil has just recorded a new promo mix and the result is kinda like his productions: techno, electro and minimal with bounce and pulse. Check it out.

If, over the course of the last year or so, you've listened to a new disco tune that launched you into the cosmos, there's a good chance Lindstrom and Prins Thomas were at the helm of your ship. The duo has attained the distinction of being two of Norway's hottest producers, both together and separately, with a slew of widely caned singles and remixes for Justus Köhncke, LCD Soundsystem, Bebel Gilberto, Franz Ferdinand and Annie, to name a few. Their live sets are renowned for abundant energy and night-consuming longevity. If you haven't had the chance to be in the audience, the BBC's Essential Mix radio show captured the pair's starry flair at its brightest and features exclusive Lindstrom cuts and a Fleetwood Mac remix that needs to be heard to be believed. For a bit of background on the Norwegian spacemen, check out Lindstrom’s RA interview, and this week’s backgrounder on Prins in Fact Magazine, wherein he dishes about his new sublabel, Internasjonal, and his favorite kind of biscuit.

Ellen's take on techno might be too scatty and brash for some, and if you're of the anti-IDM persuasion you might not have welcomed Apparat into your heart just yet, but as last year's 'Orchestra of Bubbles' showed, in the studio the pair can come up with some cracking techno. If you've ever wondered whether tracks like 'Jet', 'Rotary' or 'Floating Points' from that album sound as good live, grab this. It's great. This summer you can catch the Bpitch Control pair playing together at a string of festivals include Reworks [Thessaloniki], Radar [Istanbul], Les Ardentes [Brussels] and Summer of Love [Pardubice]. Enjoy.

DJ Harvey was pretty much responsible for kicking off today’s disco edit craze with his now prized-after vinyls on Black Cock. His legendary mixes such as ‘Late Night Sessions’ [MOS, 1998] and ‘Sarcastic Study Masters’ [Sarcastic, 2001] now also fetch big bucks on eBay, no doubt funding his new gallery space/club venture Thirtyninehotel in Hawaii. But don’t despair if you’re cash poor: Recently Harvey checked in with So Very Radio in Honolulu to spin for an hour so download the mix (Harvey spins an hour into the show.) African chants, 60's Latin fuzz &…Dennis Waterman. In a good way.

The Weeknd, Miguel and Lorde have been revealed as collaborators on the UK duo's second album.

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'It's not important you know, the past, there's some I'm proud of, yeah, but a lot of them, really, when I hear them I think they are just a lesson in must try harder. What's important is the next one, trying to make that perfect tune. That's what drives me on.'
Using Belfast as his base Kieran plys his DJ trade in the best clubs worldwide, over the past decade or so Phil has gained his reputation as one of the finest club DJs in the world. He brings the same drive, conscientiousness and desire for each set to be the very best to his DJing,View the full artist profile